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The Bush administration is planning an overhaul of the tax code with an eye toward drastically cutting or even eliminating outright taxes on savings and investment, according to Thursday's Washington Post. The plans are unlikely to include a flat...

AP is reporting that according to Republican Party sources, Senator Arlen Specter is drafting a written pledge that as the new head of the Senate Judiciary Committee he would provide timely hearings and quick votes for Bush judicial nominees....

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, November 18.On Capitol Hill, the US Senate will convene at 9:30 AM ET. Watch a live webcast (via C-SPAN).... The US House will...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, the current ruling party in the nation's Diet, has finished a draft proposal of reforms to the country's constitution. Included in the proposed reforms are specific changes to the structure and purpose of the nation's...

The UN Security Council meets Monday to consider a draft French resolution proposing sanctions against Cote d'Ivoire. The proposed sanctions include an arms embargo, travel restrictions on those actively violating the cease-fire, and the freezing of governmental assets. The...

The US Commission on Civil Rights failed Friday to approve a controversial report on the rights record of the Bush administration when the 8 member panel split 4-4 on the vote to adopt the draft document. The Commission...

The Dutch parliament (official site in Dutch) Friday asked the government to draft laws restricting the employment of imams at Dutch mosques only to those who have studied Islam in the country. A vote on the new law was...

Iran, Britain, France and Germany reached a preliminary agreement in Paris Sunday on Iran's use of nuclear technology. Details of the agreement were not revealed, but an Iranian negotiator says "fundamental principals had been agreed ." While Iran denies...

Federal Election Commission, October 26, 2004 . Read the FEC advisory opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper...

Draft legal opinion for White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales on the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War to detainees held by the US in occupied Iraq [concluding that it...